Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

Yes, Harden has lost.

During this period, not only did Zhuang Yu score more points than Harden, his hit rate was also higher than Harden's, and every goal he scored was calm and unhurried, which formed a sharp contrast with Harden's stumbling. Anyone could see the difference in strength between the two.

Especially in this one-on-one situation, Harden has no advantage at all.

"Substitute later..."

Coach Budenholzer replaced Harden and all the starting players with other substitutes who had not played.

There is not much time left in this section.

At the same time, Coach Scott of the Western Team also replaced Zhuang Yu and other starters with other players.

Originally, Zhuang Yu had no desire to score today, and planned to get 10 points and 10 assists, which would be enough.

However, he had no choice but to do so. Now he has scored 13 points, plus 6 assists and rebounds. In terms of statistics alone, he is already the best on the Western team.

Another point is that so far, Zhuang Yu's shooting percentage has remained at 100%, 5 of 5 shots, including two three-pointers and a 2+1.

Such scoring efficiency is really terrifying.

"Even if Zhuang Yu gave others 8 minutes, he still scored more points than others."

"That's right. Zhuang Yu didn't score a single point in the previous eight minutes, but now he has already scored 8 points in just a few moments, with six assists, three rebounds, and one steal. That's amazing."

"I wonder if Zhuang Yu will continue to compete with Harden in the second quarter?"

"That's probably unlikely. Harden was clearly at a disadvantage during that period. The duel between the two has already been decided. If it continues, Harden will still lose."

"What you said makes sense, and everyone understands this, but Harden may not be willing to admit defeat like this..."

Even though Zhuang Yu had been substituted, the fans in the audience were still discussing the matchup between him and Harden, and whether Zhuang Yu would continue to compete with Harden in the second quarter. Would the matchup between the two end here, or would it continue?

The vast majority of fans hope that the showdown between Zhuang Yu and Harden can continue. They don’t care who wins or loses, but they just like to watch such a wonderful performance.

......

In a blink of an eye, the third quarter ended.

For a while afterwards, there was almost no defense on both sides, and they were all shooting, but each team only made one three-pointer, and the score became 43:40, with the Western team leading by three points.

From the beginning of the game, the scores of both teams were rising alternately, and at one point the Eastern team was in the lead.

However, as Zhuang Yu gained the upper hand in the competition with Harden, he helped the Western team to overtake the score and lead the Eastern team by three points.

......

Section 2 will begin soon.

Neither side sent out their starting lineups. The Western team included Sabonis Jr., Jayson Tatum, Jimmy Butler, Paul George and Trae Young.

The only starting player is Trae Young.

The Eastern team includes Ben Simmons, Damian Lillard, Kyrie Irving, Rudy Gobert, and Joel Embiid.

When the two big men Gobert and Embiid stood under the basket, even though they knew that this was the All-Star Game and the defensive intensity would not be very high, it still brought an inexplicable pressure to the players.

For a while, the Western team made almost no breakthroughs and just shot three-pointers from the outside.

Trae Young, George, Butler, Tatum, each of them shot three-pointers from the outside, and even Sabonis Jr. shot one from the top of the arc.

However, their shooting percentage was only average. Tatum, Trae Young and George made three-pointers, while Sabonis Jr. and Butler missed.

Sabonis Jr. only missed one three-pointer, while Butler took a three-pointer and a mid-range shot, but missed both.

On the other side, the Eastern team fully utilized their inside advantage and chose to break through more often. Even if they could not score directly at the basket, Gobert and Embiid were able to grab rebounds under the basket and score the ball on the second attack.

In this group, only Lillard is really good at shooting three-pointers. However, Lillard also knows how to do things. He doesn't shoot normally from outside the three-point line. He either shoots a chase three-pointer from one meter outside the three-point line, or pulls out more than two meters outside the three-point line and shoots a super long three-pointer...

The key is that he can still make shots, a chase three-pointer and an ultra-long three-pointer, both of which went in.

Simmons doesn't score much, and neither does Gobert. Simmons mainly passes the ball to his teammates, while Gobert mainly grabs rebounds.

In this way, the scoring is mainly concentrated on Lillard, Irving, and Embiid.

The three of them were not polite either and played quite well on the offensive end, quickly helping the Eastern team to overtake the score and gradually widening the gap between the two sides.

After a few minutes, although the Western team made several three-pointers, the Eastern team still widened the gap between the two sides to 5 points.

At this time, Coach Scott called a timeout.

After several players came off the court, Coach Scott first made substitutions, replacing Butler, Sabonis Jr., and Trae Young with Westbrook, Mitchell, and Anthony Davis. The lineup on the court became Westbrook, Mitchell, George, Tatum, and Davis.

When the timeout ends, both sides return to the court.

The Eastern team also made substitutions. Gobert, Lillard and Embiid were replaced by Antetokounmpo, Kemba Walker, and Middleton. The lineup on the field became Walker, Lillard, Middleton, Antetokounmpo and Gobert.

Obviously this is Coach Budenholzer taking care of Antetokounmpo.

Antetokounmpo is the captain of the Eastern Conference team, and the head coach of the Eastern Conference team is Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer. It can be said that he has both the right time and the right people. Antetokounmpo naturally wants to win the All-Star Game MVP.

In the first 1 minutes of the first quarter, Antetokounmpo performed very actively and outstandingly, with several wonderful dunks.

Later, Harden and Zhuang Yu started a one-on-one competition. The two of them took charge of all the offenses of both sides during that period, and Antetokounmpo did not score any more points.

But the purpose of subbing in now is naturally to score points.

In order to facilitate Antetokounmpo's scoring, coach Budenholzer also replaced Embiid, leaving only Gobert to grab rebounds. In addition, Antetokounmpo's teammate Middleton was also sent up. Given the relationship between the two, Middleton would definitely keep feeding the ball to Antetokounmpo.

Sure enough, after the timeout, Antetokounmpo played very aggressively on the offensive end.

He first grabbed the rebound and advanced to the frontcourt, then he rushed into the inside and performed a one-handed slam dunk.

After a while, he received a pass from Middleton again, cut to the basket and made a layup.

A few dozen seconds later, when Lillard missed a three-pointer, Gobert grabbed the frontcourt rebound and was about to make one himself when he saw Antetokounmpo cutting towards him and pointing at the basket.

There is no way Gobert will win the MVP, so he doesn't care how many points he scores. Since Antetokounmpo wants an alley-oop, just give it to him.

Gobert just threw the ball into the basket.

The pass was actually very average, a little too big, but Antetokounmpo's physical fitness is there.

He jumped into the air, grabbed the basketball in the air, adjusted it slightly, and then slammed it hard into the basket.

With a loud bang, Antetokounmpo hung his hands on the basket, pulling it out of shape.

The dunk was so powerful and explosive that it attracted cheers from fans in the audience. The screams and cheers lasted for a while before they subsided.

"Another dunk. How many dunks has Antetokounmpo made today?"

"At least five or six, it seems like every time he scores a goal, it's a dunk. He has at least a dozen points now, right?"

"It's already 16 minutes."

"Wow, I remember he only scored a few points in the first quarter. Did he get 1 points so quickly?"

"16 points, 4 rebounds, and a block."

In the audience, fans whispered.

There is no doubt that Antetokounmpo's performance during this period was very good, and he could even be said to be the best player on the court. Driven by his outstanding performance, the Eastern team further widened the gap and was already leading by 10 points.

In fact, the Western Conference team did not play badly during this period. Davis, Westbrook, and Mitchell all scored, but their three-point shooting was not good. George and Tatum missed three-pointers one after another, and Mitchell also shot a three-pointer, which also missed.

So after a few rounds, the gap between the two sides was further widened.

"Requesting a substitution."

The Western team requested a substitution.

After this substitution, the Western team's lineup became Zhuang Yu, Westbrook, Leonard, Davis, and Jokic.

Jokic was a little surprised to see the coach substituted him in.

He thought he wouldn't get many opportunities to play today. After all, this kind of performance game is not very friendly to him. His dunks are not explosive at all, and he can't throw three-pointers like Lillard and Zhuang Yu. He can't do a pull-up in the air or a 360-degree turn in the air...

But he was still happy to be able to play.

In fact, the reason why Coach Scott put Jokic on the field was because he saw the tacit cooperation between him and Zhuang Yu in the first quarter.

The long pass across most of the field was memorable.

Seeing that the Western team had changed players, the Eastern team also quickly made personnel rotations, and the lineup on the field became Irving, Harden, James, Middleton, and Antetokounmpo.

Middleton and Antetokounmpo are still on the court, plus James, Irving and Harden, which can not only ensure the overall strength of the lineup but also take care of Antetokounmpo.

Coach Budenholzer spared no effort to help Antetokounmpo win the All-Star Game MVP.